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Old 12-01-21, 04:24 AM   #2
John Pancoast
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Originally Posted by ubootmate View Post
Moinsen, fellow skippers and board members!


I want to achieve the best possible game experience of SH3.
Therefore I decided to accept some tweaks and helpful support tech but I am not a big fan of all the BIG TIME MODS, no matter how enhanced they might be.
I know, lots of awesome graphics and improved atmosphere as well as increased radio communication along with lots of adopted units and crew avatars are waiting to be downloaded but for now, I'm not interested.


I get my satisfaction mainly out of managing the crew, improving them and really developing them as the war goes on. As side effects I cherish getting medals and promotions of my own but this is definitely not my main goal.
I thought it might be useful to describe what kind of player I am from the start.

So I decided to buy the Green Pepper Box (containing SH3,4 and 5) after my original SH3 box was nowhere to be found after I moved to a new house in 2019.
Additionally I downloaded SH3 Commander, which I think is as useful as any tool out there to enhance the basic gameplay of the stock game.


After reading lots of threads in numerous forums (including this one) I decided to register here and get some additional help because lots of questions remain.

Here are some issues I still encounter and would like to have them resolved with some help of you guys and gurls.

I checked the following boxes in the SH3 CMDR career options menue:
historic Uboat availability, set the number of days in base to 16 and use real ship names in the PL`s as well as the randomization of the gramophone tracks.
I also tried the realistic crew transfers, start patrols at sea, as well as the realistic career length options but deselected them for several reasons, but those reasons are not the topic here.
So maybe some of you can help me out with the interesting topics I have.

My issues with the Game/SH3Commander are:

1.) I play with "skip intro movies" but the game plays them anyway when I start it via SH3Cmdr. Why?

2.) Do I really have to wait until the first patrol is completed after starting a new career to customize the crews names and officer avatars? Too bad one cannot customize the crew right from the get go...

3.) When playing with the "realistic" crew setting starting off a new career there are - of course - several crew members with medals and/or patrol experience randomly distributed part of your crew. Since I like to start with a clean slate for everybody (and putting training patrols and the spanish civil war patrols aside, nobody can have war patrols under his belt on Sept. 1, 1939) I quickly dismiss them and replace them with newbies from the barracks even if I lose one or more crew members with a qualification. So what would be the better option : To select "already in SH3" and check the box to "randomise names and experience" only or leave the selection on "realistic", what do I gain/lose with either setup choice?

4.) When filling out the remaining slots with crew members from the barracks, how can I detect, where this particular soldier has his working area (i.e. bow torpedo or diesel engines)? I know, I can see his designation in SH3 Cmdr later on but I mean in the moment of selecting and accepting the soldier to be part of my crew. Is this possible?

5.) I would like to have a long career and would like to get promotions and medals along the way as an incentive so to speak. So I would like to really fine tune the renown settings and tweak them to my liking - regarding medals and promotions.
Starting out as a Leutnant zur See is fine with me but I want to be able to at least achieve Kapitän zur See later on. While I am aware that it should be possible to even get to Vizeadmiral with the proper adjustment I find it a bit far fetched to command a front boat as an Admiral. Same goes with the medals, I want to be able to collect them all, but what is the actual "pool" of available medals in the game?
EK 1 and II as well as the knights cross with its numerous variants but what about the Gold cross, the uboot-badge and the uboot-clasp?
What do I have to do/tweak to achieve the following:
- a chance to get at least promoted to Kapitän zur See later on if successful ?
- a chance to receive all the aforementioned medals later on if successful ?
- setup the renown figures to my liking without crashing the game
I want it hard to get promoted and rewarded but not impossible i.e. in one career I was still only Oberleutant zur See after 6 very good patrols but already cashed in the the Knights cross with oak leaves and swords but was still without the Uboot badge.



I read these threads but would like to know if this is the latest on this subject since it dates all the way back to 2010:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=174120
This is even older:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=134306


Thanx in advance....



U-Mate



1. No idea. Is Commander installed correctly ? I like putting it in the game install root directory.
For that matter, post your games install path.
2. Yes, as far as I know. But if desired, just dock immediately and start patrol #2.
3. In terms of medals, etc., not much difference. The "Already in Sh3" uses how the game is setup via your install.
4. Yes, two ways. a. If there is an empty slot, the new member will automatically be placed there. b. You move them to where ever you want them yourself, via the barracks option screen.
5. Those functions are controlled via the basic.cfg file found in path game\data\cfg.
However, Commander alters that file unless it's prevented from doing so. See the static.cfg file in the your Commander's install cfg folder.
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